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• You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.

  Harold H. Greene

  Mean, Two Extremes, Lectures

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• I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.

  Maya Angelou

  Dream, Believe, Home

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.7, Random House

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• Extremes are for us as if they were not, and as if we were not in regard to them; they escape from us, or we from them.

  Blaise Pascal

  Regard, Ifs

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• Our senses will not admit anything extreme. Too much noise confuses us, too much light dazzles us, too great distance or nearness prevents vision, too great prolixity or brevity weakens an argument, too much pleasure gives pain, too much accordance annoys.

  Blaise Pascal

  Pain, Distance, Light

  Blaise Pascal (1849). “Thoughts of Blaise Pascal”, p.83

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• We feel neither extreme heat nor extreme cold; qualities that are in excess are so much at variance with our feelings that they are impalpable: we do not feel them, though we suffer from their effects.

  Blaise Pascal

  Feelings, Suffering, Quality

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• Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of prosperity.

  Edmund Burke

  Men, Misery, Prosperity

  Edmund Burke (1791). “Letter to a Member of the National Assembly”, p.11

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• Extremes are ever neighbors; 'tis a step from one to the other.

  James Sheridan Knowles

  Steps, Neighbor

  James Sheridan Knowles (1848). “The Hunchback: A Play in Five Acts. With the Author's Latest Corrections”, p.17

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• Give me Caviar Kaspia and give me a hamburger. I love the two extremes.

  Michael Kors

  Two, Giving, Caviar

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• Extremity is the trier of spirits.

  William Shakespeare

  Spirit, Extremity

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• The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Opposites, Evil, Principles

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• The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

  Jean Cocteau

  Wisdom, Mind, Limits

  "Le Coq et l'Arlequin". Essay by Jean Cocteau, 1918.

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  I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

  Clint Eastwood

  Men, Prejudice, Facts

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• What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

  Robert Kennedy

  Overcoming Evil, Political, Atheism

  Robert F. Kennedy (1967). “The quotable Robert F. Kennedy”

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• Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

  Plato

  Plato, Democracies Have, Political

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• Perfect reason avoids all extremes.

  Moliere

  Perfect, Reason

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• I'm one of these people that likes adrenaline and new things, like extreme sports. It makes me feel alive.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Sports, People, Alive

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• For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Mean, Responsibility

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers.

  Amy Waldman

  Religious, Emotional, Community

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• Women are extreme; they are better than men, or worse.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Running, Men

  "Of Women". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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  Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being.

  John Updike

  Acceptance, Self, Perfection

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  Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'

  Jane McGonigal

  Change, Serious Illness, Smoking

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• I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.

  Dave Chappelle

  Sports, Stress, Thinking

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• Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.

  John Krasinski

  Fall, Fighting, Thinking

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• As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Soccer, Stars, Player

  "Star Chef on Passion, Pressure and Perfection" by Sarah Rosenberg and Katie Escherich, abcnews.go.com. June 19, 2008.

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• Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather.

  Gloria Reuben

  Weather, Climate, Pollution

  "A Night in New York" by Gloria Reuben, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2010.

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